On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Eric Murray wrote:
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:44:09AM -0700, Tim May wrote:
"Sure, unions are good" is not at all obvious to me. Why do you claim this?
Most labor unions are simply rent-seeking clubs designed to cement the status quo. Teacher's unions in the U.S. are a prime example: once the union got powerful enough, it fought for a tenure-type system which made it nearly impossible to remove those who taught poorly and to reward those who taught especially well.
I've never belonged to a labor union of any kind, and they are essentially absent from the chip and computer industries.
From what I have seen, labor unions are a collectivist evil.
Same here.
The union management quickly becomes yet another set of bosses. You'd have to be an idiot to voluntarily request that you have TWO sets of bosses instead of one.
True, Unions are idiotic. Being the spawn of the southwest wv coal fields, I can promise that the boss who tries to get you some pay is somewhat better than the boss who just as soon have you machine gunned if you don't want to work for free.